Amber Tamblyn
Amber Tamblyn
Amber Rose Tamblynis an American actress, author, poet, and film director. She first came to national attention in her role on the soap opera General Hospital as Emily Quartermaine, followed by a starring role on the prime-time series Joan of Arcadia, portraying the title character. Her feature film work includes roles in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Grudge 2, The Ring, and 127 Hours; she had an extended arc as Martha M. Masters on the main cast of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth14 May 1983
CitySanta Monica, CA
CountryUnited States of America
People who have seen me read usually come up afterwards and invite me to be a part of something.
People in real life cuss God out when they're angry. That's all real.
And a lot of times in slam poetry I feel like people are so worried about the performance that the words might not be as strong.
A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction
Other people like Neil Young and Dennis Hopper, those are just really close knit family friends.
When people ask me what I do for a living, I always say, "I get rejected for a living." And that's true.
After I saw my first poem published, I became interested in the immortalization of words and the fact that you could put something out there that you felt and that meant something to you, and that it could be interpreted by many different people to mean many different things.
I think that people are definitely interested in the idea that Joan has conversations with God.
Being a performer myself I can understand that, but I think that poetry, for me, might be less about the performance and more about the words.
I think I might be known for my sarcasm and my humor. And yet I always come off as the sweet girl in things. Even in interviews.
To me, if there is a divine being, I don't understand why our country has had to go through everything that it's gone through in the last four years.
When you think about films for young women, they're only entertaining if the girls are hating each other or fighting over a guy.
I think we, especially in American culture, are so afraid to talk about death. And I'm not talking about literal death. I'm talking about shedding skin. I'm talking about rebirth, ultimately, and how we continue to change as human beings and continue to grow. There's that great Henry Miller quote, "All growth is a leap in the dark."
Just because you grow up in the public eye doesn't mean that you're immune to the same sort of issues and feelings that any other woman would go through.